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A gleam is a Small mountain Battleship Horse Flash of light Which one of these was NOT something Paul Revere did? He signed the Declaration of Independence He helped plan the Boston Tea Party He spied on British troop movements around Boston
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A gleam is a • Small mountain • Battleship • Horse • Flash of light • Which one of these was NOT something Paul Revere did? • He signed the Declaration of Independence • He helped plan the Boston Tea Party • He spied on British troop movements around Boston • He carried news to and from the Continental Congress • What does Revere’s friend see as he first looks down from the church tower? • The bay • British troops • A graveyard • Two lanterns • He held the lantern aloft.Aloft means that held it • With both hands • Near the ground • Behind his back • High above the ground
“The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” was written from the third-person point of view of someone who • Was sent to warn the militia that the British were coming • Was reporting the event for a newspaper • Was a British soldier • Was alive a long time after the event occurred • Where did the first battle of the Revolution actually take place? • Boston • Lexington • New York City • Concord • What is the meaning of the suffix –less? • Action or process • Without • One who does • State of • Paul Revere rode on a ledge. A ledge is • A narrow surface • A covered wagon • A special kind of saddle • A large breed of horse
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on the back of your paper: • What is the difference between what the poem and historical note say about where the signal lanterns were hung? • Why did the British think they would have an easy time defeating the militia in Concord? • What is the difference between what happened to Revere in the poem and in the historical note? Why do the poem and historical note differ? • What happened after the fighting stopped in Lexington?